APC News

• Women researchers won all accolades at the 2023 GatewayUCC’s SPRINT Awards.
• The awards celebrate the commercialisation of research to address key health, social and environmental issues.
• GatewayUCC supports researcher-led start-up and spin-out companies.

• APC Microbiome Ireland (APC) researchers together with Spanish and United Kingdom institutions will explore links between nutrition, immunity and infectious disease.
• Research aims to support the development of new strategies to address the global burden of disease.
• Improved understanding of nutrition will enable society to be better prepared for future pandemics. 

Congratulations to our 2023 Engaged Research bursary recipients, Dr Siobhain O’Mahony, Michelle O’Riordan and Cyrille Thinnes.

Wednesday 8th March marks International Women’s Day and events across the world are commemorating this year’s chosen theme: Embrace Equity. APC is celebrating the occasion with a video showcasing APC researchers working in the microbiome and women’s health space.

APC Microbiome Ireland is delighted to be a recipient of a 2023 Traveller Ally Award.

To mark Traveller Ethnicity Day, Cork Traveller Women’s Network (CTWN) & Cork Traveller Visibility Group (TVG) have announced the winners of the 2023 Traveller Ally Awards. The awards recognise Cork based organisations and services who have created welcoming spaces for Travellers and supported Traveller rights and culture.

Researchers discover that youth binge drinking is linked to gut microbiome changes

• Study finds that young adult binge drinks show alterations in the gut microbiome.
• The alternations are linked with poor ability to recognise emotions and cravings to consume alcohol.
• Youth binge drinking can have short and long-term impacts on health and wellbeing.

Leading experts from several scientific disciplines find flaws in studies that suggest the existence of a “foetal microbiome.”

Digital Microbe database unlocks patient response to treatment for diseases such as parkinson's and colorectal cancer. 

APC Microbiome Ireland, a world-leading SFI Research Centre based at University College Cork (UCC), has launched the INSPIRE Fellowship programme which seeks to tackle challenges facing global food systems and health.

Ministers McConalogue and Heydon announce over €3.6 million for climate-related research in a joint collaboration with New Zealand.